Issue 3 (For Ohio Residents)

[Brownshoe]

(11-04-2015, 02:55 PM)PDub80 Wrote: No, I was saying that there are other legal things that when abused can get someone screwed up. This was in retort to people continually pointing to coffee or soda or beer in this argument. The paint and bag was just there to demonstrate other normal things in society that people choose to abuse, but that doesn't mean they are =  to an actual recreational drug for the purpose of the conversation.

- There are 1,000s of stimulants in this world. 1,000s and some are legal and not particularly strong and some aren't. To equate the effects of caffeine as used in food products to the effects of weed does not work. Then, to point to minute exceptions to caffeine and weed is to skirt the point. Sorry for seeming rude.... if we were in normal conversation it would not have sounded that way in tone.

- I am not arguing that drugs in any way shape or form do not belong in society. I am arguing that weed is the lowest strength drug that should NOT be allowed and that I have a fundamental problem with allowing/sanctioning recreational drug use to become a societal norm. The line has to be drawn somewhere and it has to stay there. If we begin to move it, where do we stop?

-  I have actually cut caffeine out of my diet this year. The purpose of me drinking a pop was because I was thirsty or wanted a drink besides water. I have never had coffee or a drink of any kind for the purpose of altering my mood.

Guys, I realize I'm the strange one here... I have never drank, or smoked, or taken drugs. I try at all costs to avoid even Advil or something if I have a headache, aches, pains, or an injury from sports. Caffeine is the worst thing I have ever put in my body chemically. Not even energy drinks, etc.

Why do you keep acting like you know that marijuana is just so much more potent than stuff like beer? You never had either, so you don't know what your talking about. You might have seen other people on both of them, but you still don't know for sure.